Date:25 Sept. 2003

To : Frank Mitchell

From: Sid Stillwaugh

Subj: Transmittal #164, Transfer of Southern Ocean GLOBEC project CTD Data Sets

Frank:

I have placed on the NODC anonymous ftp site,one.zip file, when opened,

contain 2 files of Southern Ocean GLOBEC project CTD data sets. Data sets contain pressure, temperature, salinity, oxygen, PAR, transmissivity and fluorescence. Data sets reflect two - year 2002 Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises, NBP0202 and NBP0204. Each file has annotated into it, file parameters for the data set. The data were received courtesy of the U.S.GLOBEC data server website. These are "coastal ocean" data sets, western Antarctic shelf.

Files Sent:

1) Data Files

nbp02_ctd_dat.zip (4890 kb) when opened, find the following files;

a) nbp0202_ctd.txt (11,749 kb)

b) nbp0204_ctd.txt (11,785 kb)

NODC Catalog Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NODC Accession no. :

Date Received :

PI/Source : Dr. John Klinck, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography,

Dept. Of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion

Univ., Norfolk, VA 23529 (757)683-6005, klinck@ccpo.odu.edu

Project : Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC)

Data Type : CTD and associated variables

Sampling Method :casts at fixed locations

Observation Dates : April 13, 2002 to Sept. 14, 2002 (not inclusive)

Observation Location : Southern Ocean

Data Amount : 2 files

Ship/Cruise : Nathaniel B. Palmer / NBP0202, NBP0204

Please acknowledge with an NODC accession no. as one is assigned.